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The opportunity to collaborate with other public relations professionals is one of the things that makes my job so rewarding. And my colleagues in The Change Agencies  are at the top of that list. As the nation’s inclusive communications agency network, The Change Agencies is built on the idea that smart agency professionals working together can do even more to help clients succeed.   One of those smart agency professionals is Bernadette Davis  of BDC Strategy Group . Bernade

After conducting nearly 80 of these interviews, I am still learning so much from the fascinating, funny and fearless people I have the privilege of including in this series. The members of The Change Agencies  are among the most fascinating, funny and fearless people I know. It’s an honor to be able to include them in this series and share their insights and hard-won wisdom.     When LaTricia Woods of Mahogany Xan Communications  and I co-founded The Change Agencies in 2019,

Although Pride Month is over, there is never a bad time to highlight the work of LGBTQ leaders in communications and other industries across the country. Every year, I try to decide which ones to include in this series. This year that was an easy decision given my membership in The Change Agencies   (the national network of inclusive public relations, communications and marketing firms that LaTricia Woods of Mahogany Xan Communications  and I co-founded). The Change Agencies

2025 is the tenth anniversary of RENEWPR . During that time, we’ve worked with dozens of clients  and enjoyed many successful collaborations across the industry and across the country. One of my proudest collaborations is the one I started with my friend LaTricia Woods of Mahogany Xan Communications : The Change Agencies  (TCA). TCA is the nation's inclusive communications agency network and includes 15 public relations, communications and marketing firms owned and operated b

Writing about, talking about or posting about The Change Agencies  and the fantastic members who belong to this national network of inclusive public relations, communications and marketing firms is always a joy for me. From our founding in 2019 (when LaTricia Woods of Mahogany Xan Communications  and I developed this idea) to today, The Change Agencies has been a vehicle for change that has fostered deep, meaningful connections among an amazing group of communications profess

As I have written before, in 2018, I had an idea for a national network of multicultural and LGBTQ owned and operated public relations agencies. The idea was inspired by my friendship and collaboration with LaTricia Woods of Mahogany Xan Communications . I took the idea to LaTricia, and she said yes before I even finished my pitch! And from that conversation, The Change Agencies  was born and later launched with four other partners.   Now, six years later, The Change Agencies

As I have written before, in 2018, I had an idea for a national network of multicultural and LGBTQ owned and operated public relations agencies. The idea was inspired by my friendship and collaboration with LaTricia Woods of Mahogany Xan Communications . I took the idea to LaTricia, and she said yes before I even finished my pitch! And from that conversation, The Change Agencies  was born and later launched with four other partners.   Now, six years later, The Change Agencies

As I have written before, in 2018 I had an idea for a national network of multicultural and LGBTQ owned and operated public relations agencies. The idea was inspired by my friendship and collaboration with LaTricia Woods of Mahogany Xan Communications . I took the idea to LaTricia, and she said yes before I even finished my pitch! And from that conversation, The Change Agencies  was born and later launched with four other partners.   Now, six years later, The Change Agencies

In 2018, I had an idea for a national network of multicultural and LGBTQ owned and operated public relations agencies. The idea was inspired by my friendship and collaboration with LaTricia Woods of Mahogany Xan Communications . I took the idea to LaTricia, and she said yes before I even finished my pitch! And from that conversation, The Change Agencies  was born and later launched with four other partners.   Now, a little more than five years later, The Change Agencies inclu

Selecting my favorite comments from the most recent Common Sense Colloquy Q&As is both challenging and fun. I’m always struck by how relevant the comments from our participants are, and how much they have in common with each other. Listening, engaging others and simplifying what you say and how you say it come up as advice again and again. But what makes the series so interesting to me are the other nuggets of wisdom that may be specific, funny and/or inspiring.   The past

After nearly six years, I’m still surprised by how useful the insights shared by our Common Sense Colloquy participants are for my daily work. The inspiration and information each participant imparts is both helpful and encouraging and reminds me of what a great resource this series is for communicators.   This is my second post in our Years Five and Six in Review series and it includes responses from our sixteen participants about the best advice each participant has given

Somehow, nearly six years have passed since I started The Common Sense Colloquy series of Q&As with energy, environment and other leaders in February 2018. In that time, more than sixty leaders from a variety of backgrounds and organizations have shared their insights on common sense communications and the wisdom of their professional experience. It’s a remarkable collection of commentaries from an inspiring set of people and a reminder that common sense is a useful foundati

While we’re often recognized for our work on energy and environmental issues, our work on equity is equally important to us. So we were thrilled when one of our The Change Agencies partners, Bernadette Davis of BDC Strategy Group , suggested a collaboration on behalf of Reaching Out MBA (ROMBA) . ROMBA is the “biggest and best known organization focused on supporting the LGBTQ+ MBA Community.” ROMBA was looking for help on communications strategy and messaging. We worked toge

When people ask me about the work I do, I explain that RENEW PR is focused on energy, environment and equity and most of our work is in the public affairs arena, meaning policy and regulation and similar topics. The work this month’s guest does addresses many of these issues so it makes sense that we’d include him in the Common Sense Colloquy . Rob Gramlich is Founder and President of Grid Strategies, LLC and a frequent commenter on energy and decarbonization policy onlin

Pride Month is a great time to introduce you to another inspiring LGBTQ leader. Elena Joy Thurston is the CEO of the Pride & Joy Foundation . In this role, her mission is, “to prevent suicide and homelessness in the LGBTQ+ community by fostering allyship, empowering advocates, and creating opportunities for LGBTQ+ visibility.” The Pride & Joy Foundation is small (for now), but mighty. They provide virtual programming focused on preparing LGBTQ+ people for leadership and engag

Our work on energy, environment and equity public affairs provides opportunities to work and collaborate with a number of organizations and advocates leading the way on these issues. One of those organizations is The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES) . In fact, this is the second time we’ve featured C2ES in this series: we interviewed former C2ES President Bob Perciasepe in July of 2018 . This month, I’m happy to feature C2ES’s current leader, Dr. Nathaniel Keoh

As the holder of a degree in history, I understand the importance of remembering, assessing and honoring the past while ensuring that we learn lessons from it as well. That’s exactly what the Museum of Public Relations does. So, it only makes sense that I would feature the Museum’s Founder, President and CEO in this series. It’s a pleasure to welcome Shelley Spector to the Common Sense Colloquy . And what better time to feature Shelley Spector than during Women’s History Mon

"Restoring common sense to communications" often means finding the simplest way to talk about something complex or challenging. Finding a way to make the difficult discernable is the essence of clear, compelling, effective communications. Our new client the Renewable Thermal Collaborative (RTC) fits this narrative well and we’re happy to have Blaine Collison , the Executive Director of the RTC, as this month’s guest for the Common Sense Colloquy . So, what is renewable therm

We’ve had the pleasure and privilege of working with a number of leading environmental and conservation organizations over the past eight years. We’ve included them in this series whenever possible, and we’re happy to add to that list this month with a new Q&A with Brian Sybert , the executive director of the Conservation Lands Foundation (CLF). Brian leads an organization that is focused more on “doing the work” than on “taking the credit,” but that doesn’t mean their work

We don’t talk as much about our work on equity in this series as we should so we’re addressing that omission. One way is to highlight the work of our colleagues and business partners in The Change Agencies , the national network of multicultural and LGBTQ owned and operated public relations agencies we helped launch in June of 2019. This month, we’re shining a spotlight on the agency leaders we have the pleasure and privilege of collaborating with to run The Change Agencies: